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Malign mezotelyoma tanılı yaşlı bir hastada pemetrekset tedavisi ile dramatik tümör yanıtı

Dramatic tumour response to pemetrexed therapy in malign mesothelioma in an old patient

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197–201
Publication Date
2022-11-05
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This case, with a dramatic tumour response is presented to show that pemetrexed can be an effective and favorable chemotherapeutic agent for mesothelioma treatment, even in elderly patients.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Malignant mesothelioma is a highly aggressive kind of tumour with a poor prognosis and a limited response to chemotherapy.
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Key Findings & Data:Pemetrexed disodium, a multtargeted antimetabolite inhibiting folate pathway, has demonstrated promising clinical activity in a wide variety of solid tumours including mesothelioma.
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Conclusion & Impact:This case, with a dramatic tumour response is presented to show that pemetrexed can be an effective and favorable chemotherapeutic agent for mesothelioma treatment, even in elderly patients.
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Abstract

Malignant mesothelioma is a highly aggressive kind of tumour with a poor prognosis and a limited response to chemotherapy. Pemetrexed disodium, a multtargeted antimetabolite inhibiting folate pathway, has demonstrated promising clinical activity in a wide variety of solid tumours including mesothelioma. An 81-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital because of cough and dyspnea. Unilateral right-sided massive pleural effusion and multiple pleural nodules were determined by thorax CT. Mesothelioma was diagnosed by an open lung biopsy. As chemotherapy could be toxic for an elderly patient, radiotherapy was administered. After an asymptomatic follow-up period of 18 months, a new TCT revealed multiple pleural nodules, massive pleural effusion, mediastinal lymph nodes with pathological sizes and a subcutaneous mass, which was interpreted as progression of the primary tumour. We decided to administer chemotherapy containing pemetrexed and cisplatin at tolerable doses. After the chemotherapy, the patient was evaluated with TCT, which revealed that, subcutaneous mass had disappeared and mediastinal lymph nodes and pleural nodules had dramatically regressed. As is known, studies on chemotherapy for treatment of malign mesothelioma are not very promising. This case, with a dramatic tumour response is presented to show that pemetrexed can be an effective and favorable chemotherapeutic agent for mesothelioma treatment, even in elderly patients.

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Malign mezotelyoma, kötü prognoz ve kemoterapiye sınırlı yanıtla seyreden agresif bir tümördür. Pemetrexed disodium ise, folat metabolizmasını inhibe edebilen ve mezotelyoma dahil özellikle solid tümörlerde, giderek artan klinik etkinliği gösterilmekte olan bir antimetabolittir. 81 yaşında bayan hasta kliniğimize öksürük ve nefes darlığı yakınmaları ile başvurdu. Toraks bilgisayarlı tomografisinde masif sağ plevral effüzyon ve multipl plevral nodüller saptanan hastaya ilerleyen tetkiklerde açık akciğer biyopsisi ile mezotelyoma tanısı konuldu. Yaşlı hastada kemoterapinin toksik olabileceği düşünülerek hastada radyoterapi planlandı. Ardından 18 aylık semptomsuz izlem sonrasında efor dispnesinde artma yakınmasıyla yeniden kliniğimize başvurdu. Yeni toraks tomografisinde, sağ hemitoraksta mevcut masif plevral effüzyon ve multipl plevral nodüllerin yanında, patolojik boyutlarda mediastinal lenf nodları ve önceki biyopsi alanında cilt altı kitle tespit edildi; bu durum primer tümörün progresyonu olarak yorumlandı. Hastaya, tolere edebileceği dozlarda, pemetrexed ve cisplatin kombine kemoterapisi uygulanmasına karar verildi. Kemoterapi sonrası çekilen toraks tomografisinde, derialtı kitlenin tamamen kaybolduğu ve mediastinal lenf nodları ile plevral nodüllerde belirgin regresyon olduğu gözlendi. Bilindiği üzere, malign mezotelyomada kemoterapi tedavisi ile ilgili umut verici çalışmalar bulunmamaktadır. Bu olguyla birlikte, pemetrexed kemoterapisinin, yaşlı hastalar da dahil olmak üzere, mezotelyoma tedavisinde yüz güldürücü sonuçlar oluşturabileceği ve efektif bir kemoterapi ajanı olarak kullanılabileceği öngörülmektedir.

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OSMA, E., KARGI, A., AKKOÇLU, A., YALABIK, A., TURAN, O. (2022). Malign mezotelyoma tanılı yaşlı bir hastada pemetrekset tedavisi ile dramatik tümör yanıtı. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 13 - Sayı: 3, 197–201. https://ajindex.com/articles/624106

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